Watching the Sky

Chapter 6

Storm (Part 2)

Disclaimer – I don't own the famous things.

Summary - With time, Watanuki became used to his new job. But soon, a spell of monotony falls over his life, the only thing changing is the time around him. That is, in the spring of his life, there is a new occurrence to look into.

Pairing – Yuuwaku (Yuuko/Watanuki)

Thanks to Beta's – kiseki gurl, and pyxislynx

Author's Ramblings – YAY! I have another beta! More… editing stuff! (Which I had been in terrible need of.) You know, most of the reviews I had for the last chapter, mentioned Domeki in it. Does Domeki just have this charisma, that draws all these reviews to be written for him? That is strange.

Shout Out(s)To –

Encyser – Yeah, Domeki is kind of like an accessory, but you have to admit that it's like this in the manga/anime/movies too. It mostly focuses on Watanuki at first. I don't think I did anything too out of the ordinary.

NoshMono – Why is everyone mention the lack of Domeki? (OR just Domeki in general?) Slowly…..? I guess I am. I haven't written the whole fic, despite the planning sheet I have.

GreenFairyHime – Yeah, I read most any of the fics in the xxxHOLiC section, and I have to admit, when they mention a "mission" I get weirded out. I couldn't really find any way around it. Plus having no action of this kind might be boring...

Kiki Momitichi – That makes me feel sad. What didn't you understand? Maybe I could make it clear, but I'm glad you're still following the fic.

jamelajover gohlovekinu – Ummm, no offense but what kind of question is "Who's going to have sex." Other than the fact that this is only rated Teen, I put it on every chapter that this is a Yuuwaku (Yuuko/Watanuki) pairing fic. I hope that answers your question.

Silver windflame - Thanks, but I don't wantt o bash it any longer. It might seem hypocritcal in the future. And this mission thingy might not be as dangerous as it seems.

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I don't do mornings…. Watanuki's thought process was quite slow, so he thought nothing after that. It couldn't be helped if he had to wake up at 3 am in the morning. The decision was that the group of three would meet early, to figure out a "plan of attack" as they so called it. This is just a scam to have me make breakfast. Another thought came out of Watanuki's sluggish brain.

He was dressed casually- he had on his school pants, but with a black top. Watanuki dressed like a normal person, but he still gave no hints to who he was. A school uniform, might have given him away. And we all know that Domeki and Yuuko-san are going to dress horribly for the occasion.

But Watanuki had to admit, he was dressed differently from normal as well. Even when he went out in public, his clothes were his school unform. This time, inside the black jacket he wore was a dark grey t-shirt. And the jacket was not his school jacket either, it was a loose fitting one with large pockets. At his waist was a traveling bag. In there he stored away some of the items he took from Yuuko's shop.

Slowly walking toward the shop, he thought of the seriousness of their job. True, every mission they had was life-threatening, but this one was different. If Watanuki died in a regular one, his body would not be found in an astral plain, and there would be no stories of his death. Probably rumors of how he ran away, no one would miss him.

In this case however, if he were to die, most likely his body would be dumped in the river. Watanuki did not like this other possible result. If he were to be missing, the occurrence would be quiet, silent, it would not cause a ripple. But finding a body face-down in the river is something to talk about. Especially if the body was mangled. Especially if you knew this person. He could imagine the ones that might be sad, or the ones that might be happy, the ones that would be angry, and ones that probably expected this to happen. There would be no peace from his death, and loud accusations of the most ridiculous (or not so riduculous) causes of his death would fly around. Some might say it was suicide, some might say someone killed him, but whatever happens in this case, it would not go over well.

If Watanuki's soul would just happen to turn into a ghost, and not leave the human world, he would not know what to do. He would probably freak out and yell to the heavens on how, "I could've even gone down there" instead of listening of speculations on his death. It was mortifying.

Watanuki truly hoped he could get through the mission, alive, if nothing else. What happens if he dies in the shop? No problem to him, just a problem for Domeki and Yuuko to handle.

With these thoughts in mind, Watanuki turned to the major street to Yuuko's shop. In another minute or so, he would be there.

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"Wait, what was the point of coming early then?" Watanuki asked. After arriving at the shop at around 3:30 am he found Yuuko and Domeki already at the shop. They weren't ready to go at all, and when he had asked what happened, Yuuko replied that they were going to do it at night.

"Well, we still need to plan. This could take awhile." Yuuko responded, lazing around on the carpet. Domeki was sitting near her on the floor, too.

"But, why so early in the morning?" Watanuki did not do mornings. That he already thought before, and finding out that the early morning was for nothing did not make him happy at all.

"You do understand why we are going at night, yes?" Yuuko now asked him a question.

"Of course I do." Watanuki scowled in thought. "So we can have more cover, and not attract as much attention."

"And you know it's summer?" She asked another question.

The pieces were starting to come together in his head. "…Yes, the sun will set later."

"Then by waking up early, we can stay up, then sleep again. That way, we are fully ready when set to our task. That's why I had everyone wake up so early." Yuuko said with satisfaction, at having shown off her planning skills.

"I understand." Watanuki sighed in defeat. He had to admit, he didn't think through the entire mission.

"Then here is the first order of operations: Watanuki, has to cook breakfast!" Yuuko declared.

I knew this was going to happen. Watanuki thought to himself.

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"Now, we're going to plan." Watanuki said as a statement, and not a question.

"Mhmm, yes, planning." Yuuko said in between bites of some cheese blintzes. Today, Watanuki was to cook special for the occasion.

His eye twitched. Hearing the sounds of another person eating, he cast a sidelong glace to his classmate next to him, Domeki. Irritably, Watanuki said, "And you, are you going to help plan?"

"Yeah." And then there was silence.

Watanuki's eye twitched again. Leaning an arm on the table, he started to message his temples. I knew it. At least they're not wearing anything ridiculous. Domeki had on an outift similar to Watanuki's. It was all black, except he had gloves with him. But Domeki's outfit, contained more visible (and probably not seen) pockets. Yuuko had a rather tight-fitting dark purple dress on. Luckily, it was not like her other outfits, which sprawled on the floor.

"No, no, Watanuki, you're right, we have some important planning to do." Yuuko said, while eating her breakfast.

"Oh really." Watanuki said dryly.

"In addition to the list I gave you, here." She pulled out another roll of paper.

Watanuki and Domeki leaned over to take a good look at it. Upon opening, mysteriously, it had nothing on it.

Seeing the confused looks on their faces, Yuuko looked at the paper too. "Watanuki, you have to open it up again."

Domeki leaned back in his seat, while Watanuki started mumbling profanities under his breath. Taking an edge of the paper, he opened the fold. Upon lifting the flap revealed mass of blue and white lines. It was a blue print.

"It's the whole blue print of the building." Yuuko stated.

"Eh….." Watanuki mumbled in fascination. "But, I don't understand. What's this large white line here?" He pointed to one of the diagram's on the paper.

"That line represents the ground, part of the building is underground." Yuuko explained.

Watanuki looked surprised. "We get earthquake's though! How can the building survive if we have a major earthquake?" From what he had seemed to learn about the organization, they were very naïve and optimistic.

"If you think about it, this shop is also very strange, is it not? The space it takes up is small, only certain people can see it, and it is more spacious than it appears. Maybe this building also has some type of defense of special aura around it, as well?" Yuuko concluded, this meant that she didn't know the exact answer.

"I guess." Watanuki said, still examining the blue prints. "So where do we need to go?"

Pointing at the map, Yuuko put her finger in the very middle of the diagram. "Right here." There was one room in the middle of the building. "If you didn't notice already, the building is actually a square and the room everyone tries to get to is the one in the middle. This ensures that most people cannot get through very easily. Only two of the floors are actually out of the ground, so people will have to travel half the building down, then half the building across to get to this room. And probably even more, by looking at the set-up of the hallways. It'a a very complicated network. All of the paths are winding, even though thtye are all correct. Just be careful not to get lost."

Watanuki had not quite noticed some of the details she had mentioned. He did however, notice that the hallways were strangely built, and that most of them were under the ground, but he didn't know why. But with the reason in hand, he could try to figure a path to the middle.

Seeing his face screwed up in concentration, Yuuko smiled. "I don't know what they have in these pathways unfortunately, so right now we'll pick one at random."

Looking at Domekli, who was still eating she gestured for everyone to pick a path. "One, two, three!" And they all pointed to a path.

Coincidently, they had all picked the same path. While Watanuki was in shock, and Domeki looking indifferent, Yuuko started to speak for the whole group. "So, Domeki, why did you pick this path?"

"Because it's the best one for our small group." The one he picked had the least wide hallways. "There is less room for large groups of objects to attack us, and we won't hinder each other this way." So Domeki had picked this, from a more military standard point of view.

"And you, Watanuki?" Yuuko looked at him in turn.

"It just felt like the right one to pick. This one looks like the shortest, too." Watanuki had picked this path with his sensitivity to spirits, and because it looked easy. "Any why did you pick this one, Yuuko-san?" Watanuki asked.

"I just guessed." Yuuko said cheerfully. The two boys sweat-dropped.

"Continuing on," She steered the conversation away from the matter, "We should memorize the blue prints, but I have a smaller copy for everyone incase we get seperated."

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The sky was pitch black when they finally left. The crescent moon in the sky, barely provided any light to the people under it- not with the clouds blocking it. Hiding in the shadows of the buildings, they streaked down the darkness to their target. Three sets of foot steps seemed to echo in the midst of dark buildings and machinary.

They stopped, and held their breath. No one else was behind them, and they continued on.

Approaching the destination, the all hid in a nearby corner to review the plan.

"So how should we go in?" Watanuki asked. The building was lit, surrounded by a fence of barbed wire.

"We're going through the back, don't you remember?" Yuuko's voice was soft, but the insult still remained in the air, ringing loud and clearly.

"I know, but how are we going without alerting security?" Watanuki hissed as gently as possible.

"Blow the lights." Domeki said. He was already hooking a thin wire to a nearby outlet.

Watching him work, both Watanuki and Yuuko knew what he was up to. "Think you can make it?" Watanuki whispered to him.

"Of course." And as a sign of this confidence, Domeki gestured to the small crossbow/bow and arrow attached to his gloves. He would be depending on one of his greatest skills: archery. Carefully taking a live wire from the outlet he had opened up, he connected it to the arrowhead. Taking aim, He shot at one of the surveillance cameras, succesfully taking any electric powered items on the outside of the building.

"Flashy, but it will have to do." Watanuki mumbled, as they ran toward the now dark building. By using some explosive metals, and high voltage stream of electricity, they had blown the fuse for the outside security. They knew that they would have power for the building though, but this would provide enough cover.

Hopping on top of supplies and other materials, they leaped over the fence, toward the west side of the building. The moon was waxing, but luckily it was on the east side. They made their way to side of the building with relative ease. Now all there was to do was to take out the guards.

Domeki was taking care of that. With a quick hand, he used his bow as a temparary sling shot, striking down the guards with rocks.

As Yuuko and Watanuki tried to open the door, Domeki kept an eye out on the surroundings. However, the door was locked.

"Domeki, we need you to open the door." Yuuko whispered to the man watching for any movement in the darkness.

Stepping back while still keeping a lookout, Domeki turned to the door. Gently jiggling the handle, he tried to see if he could open it.

"Let me try. It'll attract too much attention if we break it down." Watanuki hissed. Putting a hand into his pack, he pulled out a dagger that he found in Yuuko's storage. Putting it inbetween the door and the wall, he pulled it down carefully on the lock. But he was too weak.

"Hurry." Domeki urged him to go faster.

"I'm trying." Watanuki gritted out. Promptly putting a foot on the handle of the dagger, he tried using his legs to break the lock. Growling softly, he struggled to keep his hands and leg balanced on the dagger. Turning the blade sideways, into the lock, he kept pulling. After moments of strain, he destroyed the lock, connecting the door to the wall.

Resting for a moment, Yuuko carefully opened the door. "Let's go."

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Blah, something not about the story, but I feel tired this semester. Why is school always harder at this time of the year? Swim meet, and physcial testing on the same day. Not fun at all.

But I will do my best!

(I said a boom-chika-boom, I said a BOOM-chika–BOOM)

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